links for 2009-05-28

"Opera/9.80 (X11; Linux i686; U; en) Presto/2.2.15 Version/10.00" Opera's 10.0 version browser UA string, stupid.

"In a decision that has privacy advocates and others scratching their heads, a federal judge has ruled that LifeLock has been breaking California law for years by placing fraud alerts on its customer’s credit profiles. The decision is a blow to the burgeoning identify-theft protection industry, and means that companies that experience data breaches may no longer be able to offer victims free subscriptions to such services — a standard damage-control tactic in recent years." This doesn't make a lot of sense.